You can hear Guta issue this phrase around minute 2:00 where he says (of Stefan cel Mare), a batut măr pe tatari, meaning he beat the sh*t out of the Tatars, referencing several of his historical victories over regional Muslim forces.

Interestingly enough, the video itself is something only running on ETNO TV and is kind of like a feature-length commercial for Cotnari wineries. You can see all kinds of delightful, traditional Romanian things, from the “barrel” like glasses, the decorations on the table and walls, as well as the old banner of Moldova.

Cotnari, referring to both the brand of wine as well as a specific area of vineyards, was indeed started by Stefan cel Mare during his reign.

A bate mar: derives from the practice of harvesting hard to reach fruits by smashing the apple/plum tree with sticks in order to make the fruits drop. long and painful process for both the tree and the harvesting person.

The expression “frumoasa foc” (fire beautiful or firely beautiful if you prefer more sense to the expression) is a lot more used, in fact it’s the first time i hear about “frumoasa mar” and I am a Romanian living in Romania, so not sure it exists.

to beat someone apple!!! hahahahah
I am really not a big fan of this style of music in Romania or in fact any of their traditional music (sorry), but you made me a big fan of their expressions.
You’re doing a great job with this blog! i think you’re succeeding in the impossible: making romanian people like themselves more :P